Numbers 21:5

New American Bible - revised edition

so the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in the wilderness, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!”

Cross References

Psalm 68:6

Father of the fatherless, defender of widows— God in his holy abode,

Psalm 78:19

They spoke against God, and said, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?

Exodus 14:11

To Moses they said, “Were there no burial places in Egypt that you brought us to die in the wilderness? What have you done to us, bringing us out of Egypt?

Exodus 15:24

As the people grumbled against Moses, saying, “What are we to drink?”

Exodus 16:15

On seeing it, the Israelites asked one another, “What is this?” for they did not know what it was. But Moses told them, “It is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. Regulations Regarding the Manna.

Exodus 16:31

The house of Israel named this food manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers made with honey.

Proverbs 27:7

One who is full spurns honey; but to the hungry, any bitter thing is sweet.

Ezekiel 20:21

But their children rebelled against me: they did not follow my statutes or keep my ordinances that bring life to those who observe them; my sabbaths they desecrated. Then I considered pouring out my fury on them, spending my anger against them in the wilderness;

Numbers 11:20

but for a whole month—until it comes out of your very nostrils and becomes loathsome to you. For you have rejected the Lord who is in your midst, and in his presence you have cried, ‘Why did we ever leave Egypt?’”

Numbers 17:12

Aaron took his censer just as Moses directed and ran in among the assembly, where the plague had already begun among the people. Then he offered the incense and made atonement for the people,

1 Corinthians 10:9

Let us not test Christ as some of them did, and suffered death by serpents.